My camera is set on autoflash but it flashes even in the bright day- light resulting in over expose, what could be wrong? It takes good pictures at night.

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Yes I believe I fixed my problem. I shined a bright flash light at\015\012the light sensing photocell and took pictures with it (no flash).\015\012Then I darkened it, took pictures (it flashed). I did this back and\015\012fourth and it seemed to work although I have not tried it in the \015\012field yet. Thanks for your offer of help and I do think your\015\012rates are reasonable.\015\012Anthony 12-6-09

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